Ultrabooks: The next, cheaper phase
The next chapter for ultrabooks promises lower prices--meaning, look for $699 and below. Toshiba is already heading that way.
Brooke Crothers Former CNET contributor
Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an editor at large at CNET News and a contributing reporter to The New York Times' Bits and Technology sections. His interest in things small began when living in Tokyo in a very small apartment for a very long time.
Toshiba is already pushing toward the next phase of ultrabooks--which can be summed up as making the skinny laptops more affordable.
Upcoming ultrabooks from Toshiba will break below the $700 mark, according to Carrie Cowan, a product manager in Toshiba's Digital Products Division. She spoke to CNET on Wednesday on the CES show floor (see video below).